Brain Dead Socialismo: Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
GANESVILLE, Wis. - Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that as president he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmental industries, as he tried to win over economically struggling voters.
Obama’s investment would be over 10 years as part of two programs. The larger is $150 billion to create 5 million so-called “green collar” jobs to develop more environmentally friendly energy sources.
“This agenda is paid for,” Obama said as the Republican National Committee promoted an “Obama Spend-O-Meter” online to track his proposals and portray him as a tax-and-spend liberal. Obama explained that the money for his spending proposals will come from ending the Iraq war, cutting tax breaks for corporations, taxing carbon pollution and raising taxes on high income earners.
Neera Tanden, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s policy director, said Obama was offering ideas Clinton proposed months ago. “Voters may ask themselves that if Senator Obama cannot produce his own ideas on the campaign trail, how will he solve new problems as president?” Tanden said in a memo e-mailed to reporters.
Obama, who has faced criticism that he doesn’t have enough policy specifics, asked autoworkers at the General Motors plant in Janesville, Wis., to “bear with me” as his began a policy speech that he said would be unlike his typical rousing addresses. He read from a TelePrompTer in an industrial training room, flanked by sparkling new vehicles and a large American flag.
“Today I want to take it down a notch,” Obama said. “This is going to be a speech that’s a little more detailed. It’s going to be a little bit longer, not as many applause lines.”
Obama pointedly did not include one of his biggest applause lines, that he would require vehicle manufacturers to raise fuel economy standards. Obama often points out that he delivered that message straight to the automakers during a speech last year in Detroit.
But he didn’t mention it on the plant visit that came a day after GM reported the largest annual loss ever for an American automaker — $38.7 billion in 2007.
“I know that General Motors received some bad news yesterday,” Obama said. “I also know how much progress you’ve made, how many hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles you’re churning out. And I believe that if our government is there to support you, and give you the assistance you need to retool and make this transition, that this plant will be here for another hundred years.”
Obama heads into Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary as the favorite in the state and the front-runner for the nomination. His victories in the last eight contests have put him ahead of Clinton in the delegate chase.
But Obama did not pursue the front-runner strategy of ignoring rivals. He repeatedly criticized Clinton in an effort to beat back the challenge she still poses to him.
He tied her to likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain for their shared vote to authorize the war in Iraq. He lumped her with President Bush for offering an economic recovery plan that didn’t include immediate relief, without mentioning that both the president and Clinton quickly adopted tax rebates.
Obama’s appearance in Janesville was part of a strategy to reach out to voters who might be struggling in the economy and who have supported Clinton in most contests so far. Combining exit polls from 19 states that had competitive Democratic primaries before Tuesday, Clinton had a 49 percent to 46 percent edge over Obama with voters who named the economy as the No. 1 problem.
But Obama seemed to be turning that around in his most recent victories Tuesday. In Virginia and Maryland, Obama dominated among the one-half of Democratic voters who named the economy as their chief concern. In both states, about six in 10 Democrats who cited the economy voted for Obama.
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Husein is going to be literally 2 blocks from my house on Friday
. I’m debating on if I should go to his rally with a Huckabee sign or a big head of Che Guevara and try to get on tv to show what change he really wants, communism.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:23 amOh boy: New Deal redux
February 14th, 2008 at 8:24 amAll we’ll see will be dashikied bongo players tending card tables laden with incense and body oils lining the drive to the White House. The factory jobs will be prayer rug manufacturing plants.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:43 amNew Deal 3….yup, that’s about the size of it. Deficit spending to promote jobs. Didn’t work so hot back in the 1930s, how is it going to work any better now? Dems complain about our multi-trillion dollar national debt as it is. How the hell are they going to do with the debt skyrocketing under Osama’s new plan?
February 14th, 2008 at 8:48 amDhimoids talk about “growing deficits: while Repubs are in office. Then when they get in, they ignor those deficits.
Yeah, like we need more entittlement programs Magic-boy. A chicken in every pot huh?
Or is it a chickenshit on pot? Sounds like your constituency. Only a brain-dead fuck would vote for an Obam-in-a-tion like yourself.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:05 amDan, “Obam-in-a-tion, good one.
February 14th, 2008 at 9:23 amHis big push down here in Texas has been health care for EVERYONE. He just never mentions how the hell its going to be paid for. Its truly amazing how many Americans forget that every fucking dime spent in DC by the corrupt US congress is OUR MONEY to begin with. Every paper clip, pen, piece of toilet paper, etc, etc, etc, congressional assclowns use to screw us over is bought and paid for with OUR TAX DOLLARS. osama/obama is full of shit and will raise taxes through the roof to fund his welfare for ALL. I sure hope every single TRUE American who can vote is getting registered and prepares to fight against osama/obama’s feel good socialism. The next 4 years are going to be rough. God help us.
February 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm